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Library & information science

Catalog Concepts and Structure for Library MARC Work

This time, we will examine catalogs, one of the concepts frequently used in libraries. Catalogs are intended to ensure that the same book can be registered according to the same s

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Film & media

The Most Beautiful Light of the Day: Magic Hour

Magic hour is the short stretch just after sunrise or just before sunset when light turns red and soft. We look at why the light changes, a landmark example from film history, shoo

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Psychology

The Trap of Words That Fit Everyone: The Barnum Effect

The Barnum effect is our tendency to accept vague personality descriptions that fit almost anyone as accurate analyses of ourselves. This piece covers where the name came from, P.

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Robotics

The Number of Joints Shapes Movement: Degrees of Freedom

What determines how a robot can move? This article explains degrees of freedom, covering what the term means, how six-axis industrial robot arms work, the degrees of freedom of the

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Business administration

The More of Us, the Less Each Tries: The Ringelmann Effect

Why does each person pull less hard when more people join in? This article covers Ringelmann's rope experiments, the two causes of lost performance, everyday and workplace examples

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Psychology

When Your Eyes Change What You Hear: The McGurk Effect

The McGurk effect is an illusion in which a mismatch between the sound you hear and the lip movements you see makes you hear a sound that was never actually spoken. This article co

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General knowledge

Staying Healthy with Seasonal Fruits Throughout the Year

Seasonal fruits are rich in the nutrients unique to each season. This article introduces the fruits recommended for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, along with their characteris

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Journalism & communication

Making Friends on the Screen: Parasocial Interaction

Parasocial interaction is the one-sided sense of face-to-face closeness we feel with media figures who don’t know us. This piece covers Horton and Wohl’s 1956 concept, the differen

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Physics

The Multiverse: Exploring a New Paradigm

Multiverse theory is one of the most prominent and controversial concepts in modern physics, proposing the possibility that countless other universes exist beyond the universe we i

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Statistics

Numbers That Flip When Combined: Simpson's Paradox

Simpson's paradox is the phenomenon in which a relationship seen within separate groups weakens or even reverses when the groups are combined. This article covers its definition, w